Speed up load times....

**Godless Pickle** · March 04, 2009, 07:58 PM

I still have pretty darn long loading times and was wondering if any one had an idea to speed it up a little. I am running a defrag right now for about 10 hours, but is there anything else? Thanks

**AlteredTomorrow** · March 04, 2009, 08:00 PM

If you downloaded via Steam, if you right click the game, go to Properties, then Local Files, and hit Defragment Cache Files that helps a bit. I still have some pretty long load times, but there was a noticeable change after that.

**Larry Blackmon's Codpiece** · March 04, 2009, 08:12 PM

^^ I was about to say that.

So lag times are still unbearably long eh? Damn.

**AlteredTomorrow** · March 04, 2009, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by failspy

^^ I was about to say that.

So lag times are still unbearably long eh? Damn.

I wouldn't say unbearable, they've improved since the demo, but still longer when compared to M2TW.

**Redcoat69** · March 04, 2009, 08:23 PM

yea their not as epicly long as the demo, but the wait isnt bad.

**Fratyinside** · March 04, 2009, 08:36 PM

Compared to the demo, the load times are an improvement. For me, at least.

**Jazzy_Faye** · March 04, 2009, 08:42 PM

i just tried the defragment tip and havent had a chance to try it with the new settings, but yeah i gotta agree that load times are a big improvement over thee demo

**zligor** · March 04, 2009, 08:48 PM

Beside defragmenting HDD you could try and turn off some of the background services (turn off antivirus and disconnect while you`re playing?) or download some program like registry repair (30 days free trial) and clean & defrag your registry.

**Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh** · March 04, 2009, 08:49 PM

30 seconds is fine by me. I have 2 small 1kg weights hanging around my desk.
I'll be toned in my arms after a couple weeks playing Empire!

**Godless Pickle** · March 05, 2009, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by AlteredTomorrow

I wouldn't say unbearable, they've improved since the demo, but still longer when compared to M2TW.

Yah, loading times seem to be at least 2 minutes for me and I have a capable system. But your right, MED2 was alot better with loading times, and I liked the custom battles better in MED2 (you cant even make the enemy army!)

**jmbuehler** · March 05, 2009, 08:56 AM

Load times never exceed 30 secs for me, which is about a 100% improvement in comparison to the demo. Very fast rather than a lot of RAM really does help (I'm running 4 GiB DDR3 2000), as does a fast HDD (something like Raptors in RAID0 or a couple of SSDs).

**General Baldrick** · March 05, 2009, 09:01 AM

Load times are around 30secs for me too and i only have 2Gb of RAM (using XP). This i can happily live with.

**Godless Pickle** · March 05, 2009, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by General Baldrick

Load times are around 30secs for me too and i only have 2Gb of RAM (using XP). This i can happily live with.

Well, whats your CPU and video card? Probably ovor 3 GHz and a 512GB video card....

But what are some things I can do/run besides upgrading?

**crazypeon** · March 05, 2009, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by Godless Pickle

and I liked the custom battles better in MED2 (you cant even make the enemy army!)

If you mean, you can't select what kind of the units the enemy army has, that's wrong. You can do that the same way as in MTW2.

Loading times are about 20-30 seconds for me.

I have no idea what kind of system you have, but anyway, this are my specs:

C2D 6300 @ 1.86 GHz (if you really have a slower CPU you shouldn't complain really)
HD4830
2 GB DDR
XP